August de la Motte

August de la Motte (17 November 1713-29 August 1788) was a Lieutenant-General of the Hanoverian Army who commanded Hanover's contingent in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782.

Biography
August de la Motte was born on 17 November 1713, and he served as a staff officer during the Seven Years' War, being named with distinction after the siege of Kassel in 1762. In 1775, he became the colonel of a force of three battalions of Hanoverian troops dispatched to garrison Gibraltar, with his German mercenaries replacing British Army troops that had been sent to North America during the American Revolutionary War. De la Motte defended Gibraltar from 1779 to 1782, and he set a shining example during the siege. In October 1784, he returned to Hanover, where he died on 29 August 1788.